Machine for oiling tin or other plates.



G. ANGER.

MACHINE FOR OILING TIN OR OTHER PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1913.

EJ50 092 Patented Aug. 17,1915.

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G. ANGER.

MACHINE FOR OILING TIN OR OTHER PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1913.

1 150 092 Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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MACHINE FOR OILING TIN OR OTHER PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1913.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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VA? AVAV/ Gusrav anonn, or Lowns'rorr, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR OILING- TIN OR OTHER PLATES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

Application filed May 28, 1913. Serial No. 770,351.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV ANGER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, resldmg at 12 Windsor road, Lowestoft, in the county ofSuffolk, England, factory manager, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in or connected with Machines for Qiling Tin or otherPlates, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the drawings hereunto annexed and to the figures and letters markedthereonthat is to say:

The invention relates to improvements n or connected with machines foroiling tin or other plates and more especially tin plates preparatory totheir being pressed or stamped into boxes to be used 1n packing foodsuch as fish. A device has previously been suggested for this purposebut at consisted of solid uncovered rollers whlch required to be oiledbefore the passage therethrou'gh of each plate. Thls operation waslaborious and the result obtained was not altogether satisfactory.

Now the primary ob ect of the present invention is to obtain a simpleand inexpensive machine which will obviate this disadvantage and onlyneed to be charged before commencing the days work and WhlCh at the sametime will perform the necessary oiling in a more efficient manner thanheretofore.

In the accompanying drawings F1gure 1 is a perspective elevation of amach1neconstructed according to the present invention with parts of thecovering of the rollers broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical transversesection taken on the line 11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3- is a perspective view ofthe guide for leading the plates to the rollers. Fig. 4: is a sectionalview of portions of the rollers showing a plate passing therethrough.Fig. 5 is a part section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 6 is asectional vlew of the end of one of the rollers showing the constructionthereofg' Fig. 7 is a detailed vertical sectional view of the ends ofthe rollers and their bearings.

In the several' figures like parts are indicated by similar letters ofreference and Fig. 6 is drawn to an increased scale, while Figs. 4 and 5are drawn to a further increased scale with respect to the other figuresof the drawings.

a represents standards or frames carried by a bed plate (1' adapted tobe fixed. by

frames or standards a while the lower ones i of the blocks 0 are bymeans of set screws 0* fixed in position in said frames.

In a recess '0 in each of the upper blocks 0 is a helical spring 0 inthe upper end of which is .mounted a cup or ferrule 0* in which seatsthe pointed end of a regulating screw 0 screwing through a nut a in thetop of the frame or standard a and by these means the topone of therollers 12 may be caused to bear with a spring pressure, ca-

pable of regulation by the screw 0, upon the lower one of the rollers12. Springs 0 are arranged between the blocks 0 in order to enable theupper one of the rollers b to rise when the pressure of the regulatingscrew 0 is relaxed or taken off so as to admit of very heavy platesbeing passed between the rollers b or for other reasons.

The axles b at one end of the rollers b are prolonged beyond theirbearings c and have fixed thereon spur wheels 6 which mesh with oneanother so that the rollers are caused to revolve in opposite directionsand the teeth of these wheels are made of such depth as to admit of theapproach of the upper one of the rollers b to the lower one for thenecessary regulation of the pressure by the screws 0 or vice versa. Atthe opposite end of the machine the axle b of the lower roller 6 is alsoprolonged and has fixed thereon a pulley 6 adapted to receive a belt bymeans of which the rollers may be driven from any suitable source ofpower, or the rollers I) might be driven by any other suitable means.

Each of the rollers b is perforated with closely spaced holes 6* throughwhich the oil can percolate and is provided with a filling orificeclosed by a screw stopper 6' through which the rollers may be chargedwith oil; one filling is generally suficient for a days work. Or thecharging of the rollers might be accomplished in any other suitable way.

The rollers b are covered for all or part thereto in any suitablemanner.

ferred method of applicationis to out the imitation moleskin into a longstri and -wind it aroundthe roller in helical'forma-" tion, as shown inthe drawings, with the edges of adjacent convolutions closely abuttinagainst one another. A second strip is Sien similarly wound over thefirst strip so as to cover the joints between the edges of theconvolutions of the first strip by which means the oil is prevented fromcoming too freely to the surface of the covering. The ends of the stripsb are fastened to the rollers 12 by means of clamping plates 1)countersunk in recesses in the rollers and secured by screws b"? asshown more particularly at Fig. 5.

d is a V shaped guide fixed to the standards or frames (1 and having forits object to facilitate the introduction of the plates a into the gripof the rollers b; it is formed with a flattened part d terminating in along slot d through which the plates are compelled to pass and whichclosely approaches the meeting point of the rollers 12. The guide (1should be so arranged with relation to the rollers 12 that the plate .22passing through the latter avoids the clamping plates 1) as the recessesin which they lie might mark the plates, and for this purpose the guided is at one end provided with several perforations (Z into one or otherof which a peg a? is adapted to take in order to regulate thedength ofthe slot (1 and guide the plates in the correct manner.

In practice the oil finds its way through the perforations b of therollers b and saturates the covering 12 which in'turn gives it off inthe required quantity to the plates a: passing between the rollers.

By the means hereinbefore described a simple machine is obtained whichis inexpensive to work inasmuch as the rollers only The prerequirecharging'at long intervals, while at the same time the oiling ismoreefiiciently performed as-it is more evenly distributed over the platesand that only in the exact quantity required so thatan improved resultis obtained andm an economy effected in oil.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. In a machine for oiling metal plates the combinationof a pair of hollow perforated rollers covered with suitable absorbentmaterial and having their bearings vertically movable in guides,countersunk means for securing said material to the rollers, springs forconstantly pressing the rollers into contact with one another, means forfacilitating the charging of the rollers with oil, a guide forconducting the plates into position between the rollers, said guidehaving divergent sides and a slotted portion disposed horizontallyadjacent the bight of the rollers, and means for rotating the rollers ino posite directions so as to grip and carry orward the platessubstantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.

2. In a machine of the character referred to for oiling metal platescomprising hollow rollers perforated and covered with a suitableabsorbent material. said covering of each of the rollers consisting of astrip of the material wound around the roller in helical formation and asecond strip wound over the first so as to break joint therewith saidstrips having their ends fastened.to the roller substantially as hereinshown and described and for the purpose stated.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

GUSTAV ANGER.

Witnesses:

HARRY A. Amss, W. G. MAIKAND.

